Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   (from my Off-Topic essay) Date:   10/2/2013 1:52:07 PM (updated 10/2/2013 1:52:51 PM)

I am thinking that you… like I… are wondering about the political parties with which we are most aligned. You used to profess that you were a Democrat or a Republican.  Then, as the political establishments whittled away at common sense, you… like I… began to reassess our loyalty.

We became conservatives and liberals… not necessarily Republican or Democrat. We became independent thinkers. Somebody realized this and created a category (accurately) termed “independents.”  As self-sufficient thinkers, we have commenced doubting the effectiveness… even the efficacy of our own congressional representation. It has dawned upon us that they aren’t listening… or if they are, they aren’t interested.

“Where does all this lead beyond the next election cycle or two? Nobody knows, but the best place to look for answers is within the Millennial Generation, the nation's rising leaders and voters. Last month, in a lengthy essay… I concluded that their revolutionary view of government and politics points toward two possible outcomes. One is that they might opt out of Washington, which leads us to some dark places. The second and more likely outcome is they will blow up Washington (‘disruption’ is the tech-inspired term they use), and build something better outside the current two-party dysfunction. Millennials don't fit neatly into either the Democratic or Republican parties. They are highly empowered, impatient, and disgusted with politics today.” [Ron Fournier, National Journal, 01OCT13]

The “Tea Party” is more of a disruption today than it was in 1773.  It is the “conservative” effort to repair our country.  There will come a liberal disruption… when the fruits of liberal policies begin to rot, and those who depended upon them realize they were had. Unfortunately, the liberal disruption will be in the form of civil unrest known as rioting.


In either case, we will know our politicians for who they were… too late.